Yarn-cleaner for spoolers, spinning, and similar machines.



J. R: & WqB. MAOGULL. YARN CLEANER FOR SPO0LE R8, SPINNING, AND SIMILARMAGHINES.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. I9, 1910.

1,000,029, Patented Aug. 8,.19'11.

v wlll m l im g um Ill purl UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

YARN-CLEANER FOB SPOOLEBS,

JAMES B MAOCOLL AND WILLIAM B. MAOCOLL, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

SPINNING, AND SIMILAR MACHINES;

'lh all 'whmn it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMEB R. MAC-C011.

and Winona B. MACCOLL, citizens of the Uuitod States, residing atProvidence, in the county of Prm'illeuvo and. State of Rhode island,have il'i'renlml a new and useful Improvmnejul; in Yan'1(lluu1'1(us forSpoolers, l-lpiuuiug, and i ilimilar Machines, of u-hi h tho follm. lg;is :1 r-auocilir'ali-jm reference living: had to tho z:rmuupauyiusg;drawings, forming para tin-roof.

' ion relates to in?'u'm'mnouta in :uluplr l in he u'mlu'ul to or formpart of a in; a iwiuning or sii'uilar marhinv 22ml llil'flt' whiz-hllu'ourl or yarn may he drawn to eli'rrt. the cleaning of the thread orya. 1:11 by the removal therefrom of sluha, hoada or bundles of fiber.

One oh iwl of the invention is to simplify the confirm-lion of tin-cador yarn cleaners of thin moral doacription whereby the adjufwlmont ofits parts is facilitated.

Other ol'vjects of the invention will rom the following description.

The iuronliou consists in certain peculiar features of c-ouatructmn andcombination of hall hereinafter he more; fully do scrihod and pointedooh in th claiina,

Figure l, represf'ouls a side ew of the im' proved yarn cleaner mounted,in operative poi-iitioii, on the traverse rod or similar ;up portingmemhen shown in Election of spooler: the yarn being shown in positionpausing through the cleaner. Fig. 2, repre sents a top plan View of theyarn cleaner, the yarn lacing shown in its normal position in full linesand 'the position of the yarn in threading the cleaner" beingi11(ll(fil'0(l in dotted lines. Fig. 3, represents a back View of theimproved. cleaner. Fig. 4%, reprosonts an end 'VlQW thereof showingauiodified eonslruckioi'h Similar numbers of reference deisigrnatecorresponding parts throughout.

As; shown herein in its preferred form the improved yarn oloanur ismounted on tho traverse rod of a spoolor or similar marhiuv and, forthat purpose. is lurniahed with lhe oomplemental jaw members and 6secured together by the clamping screw 7. From said in W member extends,upwardly. the arm 8 and in said member are secured the oylinlriral guiderod 9 havi'ig the flat upper face 10 and the conical end ll, and at adistance appear 12 having the curved end 13. Piv\ Lully Specification ofLetters Patent. Appllcatiou fllod February 19,

l 51 l l j l i l Pateutml Aug, 8, 1911. 18-10. Serial No. 544,731.

mounted on the arm 8, to swing about an axis parallel to the guide rod9, is the comb support 14 having the outer curved edge 15 and the lowerbevel edge 1.6. On this support, 14 is vertically adjustable the combplate 17, which having the upper bent lip 19 and the lower inclined edge20 to which is secured the series of teeth Qil. whi -h extend approximately in line with the lip E and. at; an acute iuelii'mtiou to the face10 of the yarn guide rod 9. i

In the modification shown in the drawings, which is partieularl adaptedfor cotton spinning or spoolihg machines, the guide Wire 12 is omittedand the periphery of the guide rod 9 is completely of lindrical. Theadjustment ofthis device is extremely simple; the cre'w l8 islooseuedand thecomh plate 17 is moved upward mit a thin gage plate to e placedbetween the guide rod 9 and the ends of the ieeth 52].; plate I? isallowed to move downward until the ends of the teeth 21 rest on saidgage plate, when the screw 18 is tightened to cure comb plate 17 A yarnor thread b b, extending transversely of the plate M, is now presseddownward, being guided outward hy the rurved edge of said plate and bythe curved end 13 ofthe guide Wire 12, and is brought between the endsof the comb teeth 21 and the guide rod 9 ahowu in Figs. 1 and 4 of thedrawings. As the yarn passes along, to be Wound on a spool, any sluhs,heads or accumulation of fluti' on the yarn will he engaged hv the endsof tho iu-olined comh teeth 21 and will he thus removed, and held.Without action of said uomhleoth directly on the yarn. A the diameter ofthe spool is gradually increased all vary and thus the yarn will hepromosswel v subjected to theact-ion of the clean com h teeth.

The plate 15 or comh sup 'iort may he swung upward from time to time forthe amination of the comb teeth or for the remo al from said teeth ofsluhs, l'lililClfiL M0,, and said plate may then he dropped hz'aok intoits adjusted posit-ion.

Having thus (lQSCXllJEhll our invention we rlaim as new and desiretosecure bv Letters l atonkr I; A yam cleaner comprising a frame having! astandard, a guide rod extending:

is secured by the screw .18,

sufficiently to peraeroas the guide rod 9 will grudu otally mounted onsaid standard and n0rn'mlly bearing against said standard, and a combmounted on said comb support and having inclined (00th coiiporal'ingwith said guide mcl, Sl'll)$$l'fl1]lllll as dvscribecl.

JAMES .R. MACCOLL.

W l LLTAM B. M ACCOLL. Witnesses:

K J. MILLER, F. F), FITZGERALD.

